Naff game accessories

[Pink Gregory]

I hope you can pull the cord

[Cerys]

counterpoint: that is the coolest thing I have ever seen

Damn right.  I will have twelve.

[Claude the Racecar Driving Rockstar Super Sleuth]

I hope you can pull the cord

You sound like my sky diving instructor.

[El Unicornio, mang]

Man, how much do the go for second hand? Would love to hook that up to a subtractive synth plugin and mount it on a plinth

£230. Treat yourself

[PlanktonSideburns]

10 years ago I'd have snapped it up, figured out how to convert it into MIDI later

[Sonny_Jim]

Fairly easy to convert to MIDI, wire up the pots to the analog inputs of a Teensy, although you'll probably need a port expander (MCP23017 or the like) to be able to hook up all the buttons.

(Ok, I lied, it's not easy but I've done something similar and once you've got over the 'How do I do this?' it's not too bad).

This controller isn't 'naff', but it's the one I always bring up in discussions about weird peripherals:



I present to you the 'Rez Trance Vibrator', which was never released outside of Japan and only works with one game, Rez.  From wikipedia:

The Trance Vibrator was Mizuguchi's idea, starting as a joke to enhance the visual mechanics of the game.  The concept was born alongside the original plan for Rez when Mizuguchi visited Europe.  While the standard controllers gave good vibration feedback, it only fed into the hands. Mizuguchi's aim with the Trance Vibrator was to allow a player to place it somewhere else in contact with their skin and feel the vibrations from there.  He admitted that this lent itself to situations where it could be used for sexual stimulation.

I nearly bought one about a decade ago, but the thought of using someone elses 2nd hand vibrator unsurprisingly put me off.

[Huxleys Babkins]

I had a Trance Vibrator! I'm not sure how anyone could really get off to it, as it mostly pumps out a four-to-the-floor bass bin simulation. Takes all sorts, I guess.

There's an option to simulate the Trance Vibrator in Rez HD and Rez Infinite by connecting additional controllers. It's just not as good because you won't want to shove £60's worth of Dual Sense into a cushion and sit on it.

[PlanktonSideburns]

I had a Trance Vibrator! I'm not sure how anyone could really get off to it, as it mostly pumps out a four-to-the-floor bass bin simulation. Takes all sorts, I guess.

There's an option to simulate the Trance Vibrator in Rez HD and Rez Infinite by connecting additional controllers. It's just not as good because you won't want to shove £60's worth of Dual Sense up my arse and prance like a Christmas elf on fire.